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Excavator and SuperTrak Power Pack Overview

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Excavator forestry mulcher on Caterpillar 320 with a fecon head running a supertrack 350 powerpack

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What happens here

The video provides an in-depth look at the excavator and its unique power system. The CAT 320 excavator (162 horsepower) is modified with an external 'SuperTrak SK350-PP' power pack (350 horsepower) attached to its rear, replacing the counterweight. This separate power pack is essential to provide the extreme hydraulic power needed to run the mulching head, as the excavator's internal hydraulics alone are insufficient. SuperTrak, based in Punta Gorda, Florida, custom-builds and tunes these power packs from scratch, integrating cooling systems and other components for optimal performance.

Goal: Understand the specialized power requirements for heavy mulching operations.

Tools and materials

  • Caterpillar 320 Excavator Caterpillar — The base excavator with 162 HP
  • SuperTrak SK350-PP Power Pack SuperTrak — An external 350 HP engine to power the mulching head

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[Music] this is called the DCR head that's stands for depth control so these rings are only allowing it to take so much bite all their Moltres would have what they would call a paddle wheel and it basically was just a big small drum with a peg and you'd get a big piece of material in there and it was just jam and then you'd be packing it off so this these rings literally just only allow you to take that much of a bite at a time that head weighs about 2,000 pounds doesn't it I'm gonna say this thing's gonna be more than 2,000 less than 3 yeah it's about it's actually about 2 is what I looked up some specs on it Travis but now this excavator this is a cat 320 and to run this powerhead requires a separate motor yeah let's show them that really this has the super track power pack in the back of it this is built by a company important part of Gorda it's the weight Travis right there where you're standing is where the normal excavator star stops so the excavator is actually a cat 320 coming in at about a hundred and sixty two horsepower the motor behind the excavator attached on the counter where the counterweight would be is actually a 350 horsepower motor just to run the head right here and then this is where the super track this that's for the second motor the magic of this machine is in this company right here super track these guys are out of Punta Gorda Florida they build this from scratch all of everything in this machine from this point to the head is all a super track they tune it they dial it in they do the coolers they do all of that stuff it's like the Roush Mustang it's like what Roush is - Mustang or Ford is what super track is - to the cat yeah do they do it on bigger equipment than this smaller equipment in this or is this their bread and butter that butter yeah they do 420 their bread and butter is the 170 since the 117 the 179 - 312 and they don't have a power pack on it they just pimp the 312 oh yeah yeah so so this is a power-packed machine so which basically just means like we've got an extra engine behind the engine

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